News from December 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - Four people who participated in a scheme to defraud New Jersey state health benefits programs and other insurers by submitting fraudulent claims for medically unnecessary prescriptions have been sentenced to prison, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A Liberty County man has been sentenced to more than a decade in federal prison after admitting he persuaded children to send him sexual images and photos.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Department of Education (Department) withdrew its proposal to end data collection on allegations and incidents of sexual assault by school staff members...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ga. - A Columbus resident with a lengthy criminal history was sentenced to prison after he orchestrated others from jail to compel a witness in a separate federal case against him to make false statements.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - A Centralia man has been sentenced for his possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: A Washington, DC man was sentenced yesterday to 70 months in prison for conspiring to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Josh Hawley (R-MO), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), and Steve Daines (R-MT) announced that the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental...
By State Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
Release: We are alarmed by a potential deployment of Russia-backed Wagner Group forces in Mali. We understand that the reported deal - costing $10 million per month - diverts money that could be used to support the Malian Armed Forces and public services to pay for the deployment of Yevgeniy Prigozhin’s Wagner...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: DENVER - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Daron Marquel Ellis has been charged by criminal complaint with assault on a federal officer by use of a deadly weapon in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 111(a)(1), (b). According to court documents, the...
By State Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
Release: The following is the Joint Statement on the U.S.-Israel Economic Development Group.
By State Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: HOUSTON - A federal grand jury in Houston has returned a superseding indictment against four additional individuals for fraudulently obtaining and laundering millions of dollars in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans. The Small Business Administration (SBA) guarantees the loans under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: Orlando Florida -U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron has sentenced.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky. - Two FEMA mobile registration centers are now open in Dawson Springs and Mayfield to help tornado survivors apply for FEMA assistance.
By Press Release | Dec 15, 2021
Republican committee members stand against Biden’s authoritarian OSHA vaccine mandate
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: HARTFORD, Conn. - Three Disaster Recovery Centers will be closing this week in Fairfield and New Haven counties. While these sites will be closing help is still available, FEMA specialists are still just a phone call or mouse click away.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - A California man was sentenced to life in prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Jermicha Fomby of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: U.S. merchant wholesalers had sales of $8,037.4 billion in 2020, a 6.6% decrease from $8,607.1 billion in 2019, according to estimates from the Annual Wholesale Trade Survey (AWTS) released today by the U.S. Census Bureau.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: Defendant embezzled more than $260,000 from BPD in automotive supplies.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: Washington - In a complaint filed on Aug. 19, 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) alleged that Martinez Fresh Produce LLC (Martinez Fresh), Dallas, Texas, failed to make full payment promptly in the total amount of $155,508 to eight sellers for multiple lots of produce in violation of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
